Friday April 29 2022

Tweety, BSN, RN · Apr 29, 2022

Good morning!

Joe, I hope you have a good day off and a nice weekend.

I slept decently but got up early. Did some laundry and light housework and went to the grocery store. Will do a little meal prep for lunches and then head to the gym.

I did some stress eating yesterday when a family member brought in some muffins and sandwiches. I had brought a healthy lunch but didn't get to it until about 4pm and didn't eat much of it. But I'll eat healthy today. I can't be 100% compliant with healthy eating 100% of the time. I don't try to be but stress eating is not a good thing for me to do.

Have a great day!

nursej22, MSN, RN · Apr 29, 2022

I feel like stress eating every day I'm at work. I'm just finishing the salad I brought for lunch and its very unsatisfying. I did a home visit this morning with our health officer (who is delightful) with a lovely family, including a daughter who face-timed from the East Coast. The patient is not tolerating treatment well, so the Dr. discussed what next steps will be taken. I feel like they felt much relieved after this visit. This is the good part of my job. The frustrating part is when OCD co-worker questions why (1) a lab result went to a different county and (2) why that health department actually followed up with the patient. My answer was "I don't know" but that wasn't good enough. I had to listen why this was inefficient and a waste of resources how and she should call multiple people to find out. Got it. Go for it. This is why the crazy one and I have to carry all the patients because Nurse OCD spends her time on this kind of stuff.

Joe, I hope you are enjoying your day off. I hope there are plenty of birds to watch.

Dianah, I am jealous that you can smell cooking food, and I suppose that adds to the flavor. My dh insists that his method of preparing Angus's meals are superior to mine. It's pretty comical when he explains to the dog and then insists the dog agrees with him.

I used to work nights, but I could just never get enough sleep.

Tweety, ugh, falls. Is your follow up paperwork onerous? Ours used to be so overwhelming that is was like taking on another patient. And when you suspect a patient throws themselves to the floor, grrrrrrr.

Dh and eldest ds are going to a Mariners game tomorrow. I don't think they are doing so well, but there is so much sports on our TV lately that I just tune all of it out.

I got my bike refitted this morning and am excited to ride tomorrow. Hopefully the weather cooperates.

Ado Annie, ASN, RN · Apr 30, 2022

Pretty much without any help I think I have figured out how to submit this stuff to CMS. There is still a lot to do because I need something like 96 randomly selected ER visits entered. If I had time to figure out how I could put it in a spreadsheet and upload. But there's still the time and effort of looking them up. Anyway I feel reasonably confident. I spent 2.5 hrs on hold with the help desk and never got to talk to anyone.

Our Hello Fresh meal tonight was citrus pork tacos and it was really quite tasty.

I forgot to request refills of Dory's meds but I think we can make it through the weekend. Turbo the 13-yr-old cat is in my lap insisting on attention. She will reach a paw up into my face if I stop petting for more than a few seconds. I gave up on reading The Princess Bride. This is one case where the movie was more entertaining (in my opinion). I seem to go through spells, though, where I will read voraciously for weeks then have trouble focusing on anything for a few.

Tweety, BSN, RN · Apr 30, 2022

J22, yes the paperwork is annoying. As the charge nurse I have to fill out a form and "huddle" with the staff to talk about the fall. I made the nurse fill out the incident report but she claims she never did one before I had to sit there and talk her through it. That one is online and it's not too horrible. The guy had a skin tear but seemed okay.

I made a huge batch of lentil soup with some whole wheat pasta that I'm eating. But I am in a bit of a rut these days. Mostly for convenience. Maybe when I retire I'll cook more variety. I am a pretty good vegan cook. That Hello Fresh meal sounds good. That would be nice for some variety.

Stress eating at work as always been an issue with me. I made a breakthrough with is when I lost the weight a couple of years ago. I gained some of it back and stress eating is back. Again, I just need to retire.

I feel like I'm at a point in my life of "when I retire". When I retire, I'll cook more, fix up the house more, do more yard work and plant a garden, blah blah blah. I should do more while I'm "young". LOL. On the other hand I do want to have something to look forward to my future, with plans "hopes and dreams".